Plasma theory and simulation. Quarterly progress report Nos. 1 and 2, 1 January-30 June 1985

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:7127491

Birdsall, C K

Partial contents include: (1) The Alfven Ion Cyclotron Instability: Simulation Theory and Techniques; (2) Transport of particle and energy fluxes through the plasma-sheath region, including ion reflection. The time-independent theory developed is very nearly verified by the average of the time-dependent simulations, with some exceptions; (3) Thermionic emission I-V paradox. The problem is described (Longo's 1/J observations) and conjectures are offered on the causes; (4) POLY: A hybrid scheme for the solution of the Vlasov equation. One component is modeled by linearized fluid equations and the other component(s) by the full Vlasov equation(s).

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Electronics Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 7127491
• Report Number(s): AD-A-174357/4/XAB; N-00014-77-C-0578
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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